Speaking with The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday, the 33-year-old claimed that the long-running program used to be 'more fun and entertaining'.

The Channel Nine staple, which premiered in 1994, underwent a major overhaul for this year's season, with light-hearted banter and comic segments replaced by a more serious analysis of football.

'We used to have fun!' Beau Ryan spoke with The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday, blaming The Footy Show's shock cancellation on its recently changed format

'We used to have a lot of fun, even the show before me, with Matty Johns and all that, was more fun and entertaining, but now it was focused on footy,' Beau told Kyle and Jackie O on Thursday, less than 24 hours after The Footy Show's axing was announced.

'Obviously our show got moved late. I know people say it's a cop out, but the [changed] time slot did hurt us,' he explained.

'We went to 9.50pm [starting time]. The live Thursday games that Channel Nine have now means that we go on really late. It used to be 8.30, 9:00 we went on air. Now we're on about 9.30, 10:00... And that took away about 90 per cent of our audience'.

On Tuesday night, Beau joked that he would be 'halfway up the Centrelink queue' after the show's axing, but he told Kyle and Jackie O on Wednesday that he still has another year with Channel Nine.

'People say it's a cop out, but the time slot did hurt us': Beau (pictured with co-star Erin Molan) struggled to capture a late-night audience with this year's season of The Footy Show

'I've still got another year left at Channel Nine, so I'll probably be doing A Current Affair,' the footy star wisecracked.